Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Obama Defends Slavery?


Obama defends Slavery?
From A Conservative Teacher

President Barack Obama said something pretty darn surprising in a speech recently.

He said "(?) have been the labor force of our farmers and agricultural producers for generations. So even if it was possible, a program of mass (?) would disrupt our economy and
communities in ways that most Americans would find intolerable."



I wonder- what sort of people was he describing that are the labor force of our farmers and agricultural producers, a sort of people who are underpaid, treated poorly, and often times not given their full rights? These people might work very hard to produce cotton or something.

Now let's suppose that we wanted to do something about these people, something to fix the situation, something that would make things lawful and right, but to do so would disrupt our economy and communities in a way that many, perhaps in the South, would find intolerable. I wonder- what would you do?

So, do you think that President Obama was arguing in favor of slavery or in favor of illegal immigration? Go ahead- replace the first question mark with 'slaves' or 'migrant workers - mostly here illegally' and replace the second question mark with 'emancipation' or 'mass deportations'- and you'll see that the argument is very similar.

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